The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-25

hibition went into effect. These
are doing well. More furniture
has been sold to mechanics and
laboring men IN the last twelve
months than in any twelve months
during the history of the city. The
manufacturing establishments OF
the city have received new life. A
glass factory has been built. A
cotton seed oil mill is being built
worth $125,000. All improvement
companies with a basis in real
estate have seen their stock dOub.
led in value since the election on
prohibition.
Stores in which the liquor trade
was conducted are not vacant, but
are now occupied by other lines of
trade. According to the real estate
men more labOrers and men of
limited means are buying lots than
ever before. Rents are more
promptly paid than formerly.
More houses are rented by the
same number of families than here
tofore. Before prohibition, some
times rs many as three families
would live in one house. The
heads of those families now not
spending their money for drink,
are each able to rent q house, thus
using three instead of one. Work
ing men who formerly spent a
great part of their money for liquor
now spend it in food and clothes
for their families. The retail
grocerymen sell more goods and
collect their bills better than ever
before. Thus they are able to set
tie more promptly with the whole
sale men.
A perceptible increase has been
noticed in the numU,r of people
who ride on the street cars. Ac-
cor ding to the coal dealers, many
people bought coal and stored it
away last winter who had never
been known to do so before. 9th.
ers who had been accustomed to
buying two or three tons on time,
bought seven or eight and paid
cash for it. A leading proprietor
of a millinery store said that he
had sold more hats and bonnets to
laboring men for their wives and
daughters than before in the his.
tory of his business. Contractors
say their men do better work, and
on Saturday evenings, when they
receive their weeks wages, spend
the same for flour, hams, dry
goods. or other necessary things
for their families. Thus they are
in better spirits, have more hope,
and are not inclined to strike and
growl about higher wages.
Attendance upon the public
schoels has increased. The SUI
perintendcnt of public instruction
said in his report to the board of
education, made January LIST, 1887:
During the past year it has be-
come subject Of remark by teach.
ers in the school and by visitors,
that the children were more tidy,
were better dressed, were better
shod, and presented a neater APP
pearance than ever before. Less
trouble has been experienced in
having parents purchase books
required by the rules, fewer chill
dren have been withdrawn to aid
in supporting the family, the
higher classes in the grammar
schools. have been fuller, and more
children have been promoted to
the higher schools, both male and
female, than ever before in the
history of the schools. All these
indications point to the increased
prosperity of the city, and to the
growing interest of the cause of
education on the part of the peo
pie"
There has been a marked in
crease in attendance upon the
Sunday schools of the city. This
is especially noticeable among the
suburban churches. Many chill
dren have started to the Sunday
schools who were not able to at
fand for want of nroner clothing.